How to Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Windows 10
To help secure your PC, Windows requires users to sign in when it wakes from sleep, hibernate, or Modern Standby by default.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off to require sign-in on wakeup from sleep, hibernate, or Modern Standby for all users in Windows 10.
You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to turn on or off require sign-in on wakeup.
You may also wish to set this: How to Automatically Sign in to User Account at Startup in Windows 10
Contents
- Option One: Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Settings
- Option Two: Turn On or Off Require Sign-in on Wakeup in Command Prompt
- Option Three: Enable or Disable Require Sign-in on Wakeup for All Users in Local Group Policy Editor
- Option Four: Enable or Disable Require Sign-in on Wakeup for All Users using a REG file
- Option Five: Enable or Disable Allow Users to Select when Password is Required when Resuming from Modern Standby in Local Group Policy Editor
- Option Six: Enable or Disable Allow Users to Select when Password is Required when Resuming from Modern Standby using a REG file
EXAMPLE: Sign-in
This will change the require sign-in on wakeup setting in your currently active selected power plan, and for all users that use the same power plan.
Enabling Option Five or Option Six: will allow standard users to change this setting for Modern Standby.
1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Accounts icon.
2 Click/tap on Sign-in options on the left side, and select what you want in the Require sign-in drop menu on the right side. (see screenshots below)
The Require sign-in option will only be available if the account has a password.
If the Require sign-in setting is grayed out with a Windows hello is preventing some options from being shown message, it means it is not possible to change the Require sign-in setting while Windows Hello (ex: face) is enabled since it is assumed you want to use Windows Hello to sign in every time.
If the Require sign-in setting is grayed out with a Authentication is not required when this PC wakes from sleep message, then it has been disabled by disabling the Require a password when a computer wakes (plugged in) and/or Require a password when a computer wakes (on battery) policies in Option Three or Option Four.
If the Require sign-in setting is grayed out with a Authentication is required when this PC wakes from sleep message, then it has been disabled by enabling the Require a password when a computer wakes (plugged in) and/or Require a password when a computer wakes (on battery) policies in Option Three or Option Four.
If you have Modern Standby and the Require sign-in setting is grayed out without a message in red, then it has been disabled using the Allow users to select a password is required when resuming from connected standby policy in Option Five or Option Six.The Require sign-in settings you have available will depend on if your computer supports Modern Standby or not.
Modern Standby not supported:
- Never
- When PC wakes up from sleep (default)
Modern Standby is supported:
- Never
- Every Time (default)
- 1 minute
- 3 minutes
- 5 minutes
- 15 minutes
3 When finished, you can close Settings if you like.
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This will change the require sign-in on wakeup setting in your currently active selected power plan, and for all users that use the same power plan.
This option has no effect with Modern Standby.
1 Open an elevated command prompt.
2 Do step 3 (on) or step 4 (off) for what you would like to do.
A) Copy and paste the command below you want to use into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter. You can close the command prompt when finished. (see screenshot below)
(On battery (if available) )
powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 1
(Plugged in)
powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 1
A) Copy and paste the command below you want to use into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter. You can close the command prompt when finished. (see screenshot below)
(On battery (if available) )
powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 0
(Plugged in)
powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_NONE CONSOLELOCK 0
This option has no effect with Modern Standby.
The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions. All editions can use Option Four below.
If you enable or disable require password on wakeup using this option, it will override Option One and Option Two above.
1 Open the Local Group Policy Editor.
2 In the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
3 Do step 4 (Not configured), step 5 (Enabled), step 6 (Disabled) below for what you would like to do.
This is the default setting. This option will allow all users on the PC to be able to do Option One and Option Two above.
A) In the right pane of Sleep Settings in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Require a password when a computer wakes (plugged in) policy to edit it. (see screenshot below step 2)
B) Select (dot) Not Configured, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
C) In the right pane of Sleep Settings in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Require a password when a computer wakes (on battery) policy to edit it. (see screenshot below step 2)
D) Select (dot) Not Configured, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)
A) In the right pane of Sleep Settings in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Require a password when a computer wakes (plugged in) policy to edit it. (see screenshot below step 2)
B) Select (dot) Enabled, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below step 4B)
C) In the right pane of Sleep Settings in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Require a password when a computer wakes (on battery) policy to edit it. (see screenshot below step 2)
D) Select (dot) Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below step 4D)
A) In the right pane of Sleep Settings in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Require a password when a computer wakes (plugged in) policy to edit it. (see screenshot below step 2)
B) Select (dot) Disabled, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below step 4B)
C) In the right pane of Sleep Settings in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Require a password when a computer wakes (on battery) policy to edit it. (see screenshot below step 2)
D) Select (dot) Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below step 4D)
7 When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.
This option has no effect with Modern Standby.
If you enable or disable require password on wakeup using this option, it will override Option One and Option Two above.
The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD values in the registry key below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\0e796bdb-100d-47d6-a2d5-f7d2daa51f51
DCSettingIndex DWORD
ACSettingIndex DWORD
(delete) = Not configured
0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled
1 Do step 2 (Not configured), step 3 (Enabled), step 4 (Disabled) below for what you would like to do.
This is the default setting. This option will allow all users on the PC to be able to do Option One and Option Two above.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Not_Configured_require_password_on_wakeup.reg
Download
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Enable_require_password_on_wakeup.reg
Download
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Disable_require_password_on_wakeup.reg
Download
5 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8 If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.
The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions. All editions can use Option Six below.
This policy setting allows you to control whether a user can change the time before a password is required when a Modern Standby device screen turns off.
If you enable this policy setting, a user on a Modern Standby device can change the amount of time after the device's screen turns off before a password is required when waking the device. The time is limited by any EAS settings or Group Policies that affect the maximum idle time before a device locks. Additionally, if a password is required when a screensaver turns on, the screensaver timeout will limit the options the user may choose.
If you disable this policy setting, a user cannot change the amount of time after the device's screen turns off before a password is required when waking the device. Instead, a password is required immediately after the screen turns off.
If you don't configure (default) this policy setting on a domain-joined device, a user cannot change the amount of time after the device's screen turns off before a password is required when waking the device. Instead, a password is required immediately after the screen turns off.
If you don't configure (default) this policy setting on a workgroup device, a user on a Modern Standby device can change the amount of time after the device's screen turns off before a password is required when waking the device. The time is limited by any EAS settings or Group Policies that affect the maximum idle time before a device locks. Additionally, if a password is required when a screensaver turns on, the screensaver timeout will limit the options the user may choose.
1 Open the Local Group Policy Editor.
2 In the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon
3 In the right pane of Logon in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Allow users to select a password is required when resuming from connected standby policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)
4 Do step 5 (Not configured), step 6 (Enabled), step 7 (Disabled) below for what you would like to do.
This is the default setting.
A) Select (dot) Not Configured, click/tap on OK, and go to step 8 below. (see screenshot below step 7)
A) Select (dot) Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 8 below. (see screenshot below step 7)
8 When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.
This policy setting allows you to control whether a user can change the time before a password is required when a Modern Standby device screen turns off.
If you enable this policy setting, a user on a Modern Standby device can change the amount of time after the device's screen turns off before a password is required when waking the device. The time is limited by any EAS settings or Group Policies that affect the maximum idle time before a device locks. Additionally, if a password is required when a screensaver turns on, the screensaver timeout will limit the options the user may choose.
If you disable this policy setting, a user cannot change the amount of time after the device's screen turns off before a password is required when waking the device. Instead, a password is required immediately after the screen turns off.
If you don't configure (default) this policy setting on a domain-joined device, a user cannot change the amount of time after the device's screen turns off before a password is required when waking the device. Instead, a password is required immediately after the screen turns off.
If you don't configure (default) this policy setting on a workgroup device, a user on a Modern Standby device can change the amount of time after the device's screen turns off before a password is required when waking the device. The time is limited by any EAS settings or Group Policies that affect the maximum idle time before a device locks. Additionally, if a password is required when a screensaver turns on, the screensaver timeout will limit the options the user may choose.
The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
AllowDomainDelayLock DWORD
(delete) = Not configured
0 = Disabled
1 = Enabled
1 Do step 2 (Not configured), step 3 (Enabled), step 4 (Disabled) below for what you would like to do.
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Default_not_configured_allow_users_to_select_when_password_required_when_resuming_from_modern_standb y.reg
Download
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Enable_allow_users_to_select_when_password_required_when_resuming_from_modern_standby.reg
Download
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.
Disable_allow_users_to_select_when_password_required_when_resuming_from_modern_standby.reg
Download
5 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8 If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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